THE National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) revealed the new and unique Connemara Pony Heritage Centre at the Connemara National Park, Letterfrack, Co Galway on October 31st when it was officially opened by Deputy John Connolly, Fianna Fáil T.D.

The Connemara Pony Heritage Centre will pay tribute to the pony’s valuable contribution to Ireland’s and Connemara’s heritage. The Connemara National Park has a long association with the Connemara Pony as the first ponies arrived when the Park opened in 1980 and are descendants of the Connemara Ponies that President Erskine Childers gifted to the Irish State in 1974.